The Shell

This is a new super hero that's been bouncing around in my head. I had this idea for a guy who's powers are based on his emotions. His skin gets tougher when he's in danger or feels nervous. I just want to do a book with big dynamic poses. This was drawn really fast with a Bic pen then just tightened up with some markers and watercolor. Hope I get a chance to use him. Thanks for reading. Click to enlarge and see the whole thing. For some reason blogger keeps cutting off the left side of my pictures. Thanks. - Jim

New Project

The First page for a one shot that I'm working on with my friend Kevin Johnson. Kind of a Blade Runner/Godfather vibe to it. I still have that funny three page I warped up last week coming. Just need to find time to letter it. Let me know what you think.

Not so old school.

I have a funny little 3 pager I've been hanging on to for months. I did the layout in my pocket sketch book and decided what that hell, I'll do it on paper instead of the computer. I sort of miss ink. I just want to draw stuff I enjoy from now on and not care about if it's good enough. I'm just going to make comics I want to read.

Just put on the Glasses!!!

Just couldn't let Halloween go just yet. I've been in an artistic slump for the past few days so I'm just happy that this piece is finished. Io9.com had a great tutorial on making your own They Live alien mask and I just had to draw it. I forgot how cool they looked. Happy Halloween.

Doctor Who Crash of the Elysium

Okay, I’ve been sitting on this one for a while. I’ve been waiting for the project to be finished and photos to prove it. So, my friend Blair is a very talented set designer in New York, working with this theater company called Punch Drunk. I went to experience one of their productions on my last visit called Sleep No More. It was this amazingly weird interactive silent retelling of Macbeth with a noir Hitchcock twist. All of the scenes are preformed in different rooms in this old warehouse, and they did a fantastic job.
Punch Drunk Company is from England, and they were chosen to do something interactive with the BBC for children at the Manchester Festival. Since nothing says children and the BBC like Doctor Who, it was the natural choice. And the company had the good sense to ask Blair to be a part of it. He was given the opportunity to design a crashed maze of a spaceship that the children had to get through in order to save the Doctor. The kids are instructed at the beginning by a video of the Doctor (Matt Smith) to get to the TARDIS to save him. Jump back a few months to my wedding. Blair tells me he’s a bit over worked and was wondering if I’d be interested in giving him a hand. Knowing that this was for something Doctor Who, I immediately put the hack saw to my wrist…Luckily Blair stopped me, and said he just wanted me to draw some stuff. Oh, and that something turned out to be fan favorite - Moffat monsters the Weeping Angels! It felt great to help out on something that was going to be seen by hundreds of people, especially something exciting for kids. The fact that it was for Doctor Who was a dream come true. Then, when I found out I got paid for it, was just icing on a big old happy cake.


Here are my Weeping Angel designs.






Matt Smith's little intro as the Doctor.

Blair's spaceship design. I wish I could have seen this up close.



To save on time and money, they came up with the idea of having some of the Angels morphing through the walls of the ship.


This is what it looks like from the outside.

My wonderful friend Martha with the TARDIS.

Here is a link to a Review.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-14015417

Nuke Squid

Pen and ink on Bristol board with marker.

21

Hello long time no post (big shock there) sorry sorry sorry…so sorry. My computer has whatever the computer virus equivalent of herpes is. Which in addition to not being able to post and scan, I’ve also had to go back to drawn on PAPER!!! With PENS!!! I know what is this the dark ages? So here’s Good old 21 from the Venture Brothers. Drawn on this wonderful Paris paper with pens colored in Photoshop.